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IFAs in the UK are failing to take advantage of the wider investment opportunities available through offshore funds because they are not widely available via fund supermarkets, according to research by HSBC Investments.

Fund managers Charles Deptford and Trevor Green have joined New Star Asset Management as part of the group's restructure of its UK equity desk.

Goldman Sachs chariman and chief executive Lloyd Blankfein has declared the beginning of the end of the credit crisis - just as Wall Street rival Lehman Brothers took a further $1.8bn (£900m) credit crunch hit, The Telegraph reports.

Welcome to the first blog from COVER Magazine. From today, COVER is going to produce a weekly blog which will be sent out via email and also made available on the COVER website .

Investors are flocking to absolute return funds as a shelter from the current market chaos, Welsh-based IFA James Gadd believes.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has today cut the UK base rate by 25 basis points to 5%.

UK resident non-domiciles could sidestep the Government's £30,000 charge to enjoy the remittance basis of taxation by using a structure called a private interest foundation (PIF), according to trust and management firm SCF Group.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee faces one of its most difficult decisions over interest rates today, as calls grow for a cut to kick-start lending, despite inflationary pressures, The Telegraph reports.

The shortlist for the International Investment Fund & Product Awards 2008 has now been announced. This year saw a record number of entries from providers, helped by the inclusion of two new awards - Best International Wrap Provider and Best International...

House prices could fall in Britain by as much as 10% in the coming year, the world's leading economic authority has warned, The Telegraph reports.